BILL REQ. #:  S-4379.1 

Read first time 01/17/08.   Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.

     AN ACT Relating to renaming Livingston bay; adding a new section to chapter 43.126 RCW; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The legislature finds that Floyd Jones has played a vital role in efforts to preserve and protect Livingston bay, which sits on the northeast side of Camano island. Vast numbers of migrating waterfowl rely on Livingston bay for winter habitat. Livingston bay is part of the greater Skagit-Stillaguamish delta, which provides wintering areas for significant populations of birds such as Wrangell island snow geese, trumpeter and tundra swans, winter raptors, and falcon species. Additionally, Livingston bay's tidelands serve as habitat for juvenile salmon, adult salmon, and bull trout, and provide spawning areas for Pacific sand lance and surf smelt. Among his many other community activities on Camano island, generous donations from Floyd Jones have furthered efforts to preserve and protect Livingston bay in perpetuity, benefiting this precious water body, its fish and wildlife, and all the people of Washington.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 43.126 RCW to read as follows:
     Livingston bay, which sits on the northeast side of Camano island, is hereby renamed the "Floyd Jones flyway."